Hosea 6

1 "Come, and let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

「來，我們回到上主那裏去，因為衪撕碎了我們，也必要治愈；衪打傷了我們，也必要包紮。

2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

兩天後衪必使田復生，第三天衪必使我們興起，生活在衪的慈顏下。

3 Let us acknowledge the LORD. Let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, The LORD will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."

讓我們認識上主，讓我們努力認識上主! 衪定要像曙光一樣出現，衪要來到我們中間，有如秋雨，有如滋潤田地的春雨。」

4 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

厄弗辣因，我可對你們作什麼﹖因為你們的仁愛有如旱晨的浮雲，有如易於消散的朝露。

5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

因此，我藉先知們砍伐了他們，以我口中的言語殺死戳了他們；我的的裁判出現有如光明：

6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

因為我喜歡仁慈勝過祭獻，喜歡人認識天主勝過全燔祭。

7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.

但是他們在阿當就犯了罪，在那裏已背叛了我。

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is stained with blood.

基肋阿得是座作惡的城池，滿了血跡。

9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

一隊司祭就如埋伏的強盜，在往舍根的路上行兇；的確，他們行了可恥的事

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.

在貝特耳我見了可惡的事：在那裏厄弗辣因行了淫，以色列玷污了自己

11 "For you also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.

當我轉變我百姓的命運時，猶大啊! 為你也注定了一個收割期。